You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
BERNIE MACWhatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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